In this photo taken on Sept. 5, 2017, a fountain that Diego Rivera designed featuring the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, stands outside a hydraulic structure called the Carcamo de Dolores, or the Dolores Sump. The monument inside the Second Section of the Mexican capital's Chapultepec Park features a little-known Rivera mural painted to honor Mexico City's water system, called "Water, the Source of Life." (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

In this July 28, 2016 photo, tourists stand at the entrance to La Casa Azul, the Museo Frida Kahlo, where artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and worked in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In this photo taken in Mexico City on Oct. 31, 2017, a woman bends over to talk with a child as they look at a Day of the Dead altar placed inside the pyramid-shaped Diego Rivera Museo Anahuacalli, a museum built from black volcanic rock to house some 50,000 statues and other pre-Hispanic artworks collected by celebrated Mexican painter. Several sketches for Rivera's murals are also displayed inside the structure. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

In this Dec. 10, 2017 photo, earthenware pots are displayed in Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's kitchen in Mexico City's Coyoacan neighborhood. Tiny pieces of ceramic spell out the names "Frida" and "Diego" on the whitewashed walls above the wood-burning stove at the Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as Casa Azul or the Blue House for the color of its walls. The house was Kahlo's childhood home and she later lived there with Rivera for several years during their marriage. It opened as a museum in 1958 and is maintained to look as it would have in the 1950s. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

In this July 28, 2016 photo, the work area of Frida Kahlo where she did some of her painting at La Casa Azul, the Museo Frida Kahlo, where artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and worked in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In this photo taken in Mexico City on Oct. 31, 2017, plants frame the Diego Rivera Museo Anahuacalli, a pyramid-shaped museum built from black volcanic rock to house some 50,000 statues and other pre-Hispanic artworks collected by the celebrated Mexican painter. Several sketches for Rivera's murals are also displayed there. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

In this July 28, 2016 photo, the work area of Diego Rivera at La Casa Azul, the Museo Frida Kahlo, where artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and worked in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In this July 28, 2016 photo, a portrait of Diego Rivera, left, hangs over the bed at La Casa Azul, the Museo Frida Kahlo, where artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and worked in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In this photo taken on Sept. 5, 2017, a little-known mural by Diego Rivera, "Water, the Source of Life," is seen inside a monument to Mexico City's water system called the Carcamo de Dolores, or the Dolores Sump. Originally painted to be viewed underwater, the pool was drained when it became clear that the work would slowly be ruined. The hydraulic structure is located inside the Second Section of the Mexican capital's Chapultepec Park. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

In this July 28, 2016 photo, a tourist takes a picture at the La Casa Azul, the Museo Frida Kahlo, as a portrait of Diego Rivera, left, stares back, of the home where artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived and worked in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In this Dec. 10, 2017 photo, the colorful dresses of Frida Kahlo are displayed in Mexico City's Coyoacan neighborhood. The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as Casa Azul or the Blue House for its cobalt blue walls, was Kahlo's birthplace and childhood home and she later lived there with the muralist Diego Rivera for several years during their marriage. Among Mexico City's most popular museums, it opened as a museum in 1958 and is maintained to look as it would have in the 1950s. While some of Kahlo's distinctive art is shown there, the museum's real appeal is the memorabilia and other personal items on display, such as these clothes. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

In this photo taken on Oct. 31, 2017, at the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo House and Studio Museum in Mexico City's San Angel neighborhood, a blue house where Kahlo once lived in is linked with a walkway bridge to a white and pink house-studio once occupied by Rivera. The couple lived there beginning in 1934, but Kahlo also lived on and off in a larger blue house, her childhood Casa Azul in the nearby Coyoacan area. It's among a dozen museums and public spaces where the couple's work can be found throughout the Mexican capital. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

On the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera art trail in Mexico City

By ANITA SNOW

Feb. 20, 2018

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With her unibrow, braided updo, colorful clothing and mustache, the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become an idiosyncratic cult figure in the United States.

Kahlo has an equally passionate following in her native Mexico City. Her face is plastered on everything from handbags and jewelry to wall hangings and aprons. Her husband, the late muralist Diego Rivera, was better known during their lifetimes but she's eclipsed him in fame since their deaths in the 1950s.

All around Mexico City, Frida and Diego-philes can find the couple's work at over a dozen museums and public spaces. Here are some stops on the Kahlo-Rivera trail:

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CASA AZUL

The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as Casa Azul or the Blue House for its cobalt blue walls, was Kahlo's birthplace and childhood home. She later lived there with Rivera for several years during their marriage. It opened as a museum in 1958 and is maintained to look as it would have in the 1950s. It's one of Mexico City's most popular museums, with about 25,000 visitors monthly. Displays include some of Kahlo's artwork, including a still life of watermelons called "Viva La Vida," or "Long Live Life." But the real appeal is the memorabilia and other personal items, with earthenware pots in the kitchen, and Kahlo's corsets and colorful clothing. Located at Londres 247, Colonia Del Carmen, Coyoacan.

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DIEGO RIVERA AND FRIDA KAHLO HOUSE AND STUDIO MUSEUM

Kahlo lived on and off in another blue house in the southern neighborhood of San Angel, a smaller structure connected by a walkway bridge to a white and pink house-studio once occupied by Rivera.

The couple lived there beginning in 1934. The buildings designed by painter and architect Juan O'Gorman are surrounded by tall cactuses and located a block from the San Angel Inn, a popular restaurant. Huge papier-mache skeleton and Judas figures populate Rivera's sunlight-flooded studio. Located at Avenida Altavista and Diego Rivera, Colonia San Angel Inn.

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DOLORES OLMEDO MUSEUM

This museum is the former home of a famous patron of the couple. It houses one of the most important collections of work by both artists, including some two dozen by Kahlo. Among the best known are Kahlo's "The Broken Column" and "Self Portrait with Small Monkey." (Note that this collection of Kahlo's work is in Italy through June.)

The sprawling complex of stone buildings dating to the 16th century also displays works of other Mexican artists. Luminous green and blue peacocks and hairless xoloitzcuintle dogs roam the grounds. Located at Avenida Mexico 5843, Hacienda La Noria, Xochimilco.

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DIEGO RIVERA MUSEO ANAHUACALLI

This museum is a pyramid built from black volcanic rock to house some 50,000 statues and other pre-Hispanic artworks collected by Rivera. Several of his sketches for murals are also displayed. Located at Museo 150, Coyoacan.

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MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Several of the couple's works are displayed here, including "The Two Fridas," one of Kahlo's most famous paintings. Located at Reforma and Gandhi, Chapultepec Park.

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DIEGO RIVERA MURAL MUSEUM

This small museum is home to Rivera's well-known mural "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park." Initially created for a restaurant in the Hotel Prado, the mural was moved to the new museum after the hotel was nearly destroyed in the deadly 1985 earthquake. Located at Balderas and Colon, Colonia Centro.

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FINE ARTS PALACE

The Palacio de Bellas Artes houses several Rivera murals, including "Man, Controller of the Universe," which features a workman surrounded by machinery. Several other important Rivera murals can be seen inside the palace, along with works by other muralists like David Alfaro Siqueiros. Located at Juarez and Eje Central, Centro Historico.

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NATIONAL PALACE

Rivera painted a series of murals on the stairway walls and corridors of the Palacio Nacional, some depicting the conquest of Mexico by Spanish conquistadors including Hernan Cortes. Other murals feature pre-Hispanic cultures including the Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations. Located at Plaza de la Constitucion, Centro Historico.

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SAN IDELFONSO COLLEGE

Rivera's mural "The Creation" can be seen at this museum and cultural center, which is regarded as the birthplace of the Mexican mural movement. Works by other muralists including Jose Clemente Orozco are also displayed. Located at Justo Sierra 16, Centro Historico.

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DOLORES SUMP

Inside a monument to Mexico City's water system called the Carcamo de Dolores, Rivera painted a little-known mural, "Water, the Source of Life," in a pool. The work was designed to be viewed underwater but the pool was drained when it became clear that the work would slowly be ruined. Rivera also designed a fountain featuring the Aztec rain god Tlaloc. Located at Rodolfo Neri Vela, Second Section, Chapultepec Park.

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ETCETERA

A restaurant named for Kahlo, La Fonda de Frida, is located in the trendy Condesa neighborhood.

Additional Rivera murals can be seen at the capital's La Raza National Medical Center and on the outdoor walls of the Education Department's downtown headquarters.

On Saturdays and Sundays, the Blue House sells tickets for a bus that runs between that museum and the Diego Rivera Museo Anahuacalli. The bus leaves Casa Azul at 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets are 150 pesos (about $8) and include admission to both museums.